"If youve got a business -- you didnt build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didnt get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet."

There's one serious flaw in this argument. How come, if we all have the "blessings" of government, ...we all have roads, we all live among other people we can hire as workers, the military protects everyone etc., why then isn't EVERYONE rich?

Great point, although he answers it, somewhat, in his speech:

"The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together."

So he's not such an absolutist that he doesn't admit that individual initiative is a factor in success. It's just that he doesn't see it as the decisive factor. But even this more nuanced position lets him crack the door open wide enough to slip in all his socialist/statist BS.

Who cares what this constant student/community organizer/professional politician thinks. Or says. Everything he says has a political purpose. This was meant for public consumption. The problem for Obama is that he's never really done an honest days work in his life. The only times he's ever broken sweat were on election eves. The only reason he's saying these things is because his opponent is a serious man who made a fortune in business while he himself has always been a hired hand, always at the public teat. His opponent managed an Olympics while he couldn't get it for his own city (the violent crime and urban blight apparently weren't selling points); his opponent governed a state (Massachusetts, ugh, but your go where the jobs are ...) while he stayed in successive offices achieved by questionable means, and for about 15 minutes each time; and so forth and so on; so he's suggesting by enthymeme that all of these things, ordinarily considered to be hallmarks of success in America--particularly in this venue--were actually not earned but given to his opponent by others. And yes, all of this will be on the final exam in November.

I used the first version of the internet. We used to send crude “emails” but they went to a printer. Later on they went to a screen. You had to have the printer ID or screen ID to send and everyone could read the messages.

The original internet was DARPANET, a DOD invention. So if a company is solely an internet based company then to some degree the bastard is correct. However, the US citizen paid for that R&D a long tome ago so what difference does it make?

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posted on 07/14/2012 5:33:23 PM PDT
by central_va
( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)

Oh I have no doubt he’s a moron..if he was some sort of genius we would have gotten those college transcripts released a LONG time ago. I could beat Obama in a debate without even trying, it would be SO easy! Without a teleprompter Obama can’t put a complete sentence together..but getting back to what Obama said here, this is does actually believe..he was raised to believe that only Govt can take care of you, that people are useless without the Govt

He is the poster SOB for AA. Sad as I knew many an outstanding black soldier from officer to NCO who damn sure did the toughest combat jobs-yet, they never played the race card even if shot 7 times across the arms and shoulders with an AK auto burst.

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